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More than one in four Americans say they haven’t been able to afford basic needs in the past year. / Pew Research Center
Visualizing wealth inequality in America: “Since 2012, even the rich between the top five and twenty percent are worse off. Only the top five percent are better off.” / Dream Again USA
See also: As the US government privatizes more aspects of its services, from web portal logins to airport security lines, it widens the wealth divide. / The American Prospect
According to Gallup, for the first time since 2012 more Americans believe Democrats, not Republicans, can “keep the country prosperous.” / The Washington Post [$]
Amazon raises prices for everything you buy online even when you’re not shopping at Amazon—here’s a breakdown of exactly how it happens. / Not-Ship
As part of its war on cartels, the US is sending hundreds of troops into Latin America in what one expert calls the largest deployment outside of “invasions or natural disasters.” / The New York Times [$]
The website for a nonexistent biotech conference in Boston appears to be a scheme to target high-value individuals and get them to download malware. / JD Supra
Remember that one link you saw here 10 years ago? Now you can find it in our headlines archive, where you can search the 126,396 headlines (really) we’ve published since 1999. / The Morning News
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What it’s like to navigate a metabolic concern with a digital twin, “as if it were a jester-like food taster in a medieval court.” / The Verge [$]
Unrelated: “I already gave her pie last week, I said. I don’t get why I have to do it again.” Angie Sijun Lou’s Tamagotchi diary. / The Paris Review
Researchers discover that bleached coral can heal within a matter of weeks merely by touching healthy coral. / The New York Times [$]
Sally Rooney’s works are no longer for sale in the UK due to her support of the banned group Palestine Action. / The Guardian
What the new Carrie adaptation gets wrong about being a woman in 2026 America: “Carrie White deserves her power, same as you. Same as me. Same as any human being.” / Anna Rose
Unrelated: A typical movie released between 2017 and 2025 is found to have 1,535 shots. / Stephen Follows
“It’s accepting and embracing what you're into within a safe and healthy space." A Q&A with the creator of Smutstep, a mashup of BookTok romantasy with, of course, dubstep. / 404 Media, YouTube